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AudioTester v1.7

webfork on 20 Nov 2015

AudioTester is a drag-and-drop tool that tests for errors in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WavPack files.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Optionally, delete the folder "AudioTesterSrc"
  3. Launch AudioTester.exe or AudioTester64.exe if you have a 64-bit system
Similar/alternative apps: MP3val
What's new?
  • Updated Ogg, Vorbis, FLAC & WavPack libraries
  • Removed Monkey's Audio support
  • Added a 64-bit build
  • Fixed a crash when allocating memory
Latest comments
webfork on 2010-04-03 07:27

Works well. Found several errors in some junky MP3s I had, although MP3val (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1415) was able to actually fix them. This program of course will test more types of files.

webfork on 2010-04-03 07:28

Testing takes about 1 second / meg on my 2 ghz dual core system.

TP109 on 2015-02-26 18:52

Couldn't get ver 1.7 to work with XP. Ver 1.6 does work with XP and can be downloaded here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20141027161309/http://www.vuplayer.com/other.php

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DSpeech v1.74

Andrew Lee on 2 May 2022
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Apr 2022
  • Suggested by AlephX

DSpeech is a text-to-speech program with the option of saving the output to a variety of formats, great for reviewing text or creating audio books. The program uses Microsoft's included speech engine SAPI5 but also supports dynamically changing the features of the voices using tags e.g. insert pauses, emphasize specific words, spell them out etc.

The program can do simple audio/voice recordings to save to WAV, and include some basic dictation / voice control tools ("ASR" for Automatic Speech Recognition). Text can be imported from a variety of formats TXT, DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XML and PDF and outputs to MP3, OGG, AAC, WMA, OPUS and AMR.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft speech engine SAPI5
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DSpeech.exe.

WinNT/2K users: need to install the speech engine separately. You will find links to plugins, speech engines and voice sets on the program website.

Optionally, delete unnecessary language and manual files.
Similar/alternative apps: Balabolka
What's new? See: https://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/DSpeech-Changelog-36935.html
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Happy.Camper2 on 2017-06-10 17:28

DSpeech is now version 1.63.3 Released 2017 Mar 27 at Authors site.
http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/index.html

Download Link=>
http://dimio.altervista.org/stats/download.php?id=5

DSpeech is now available in .paf format over at portableapps.com - version 1.63.3 Released 2017 Jun 09
https://portableapps.com/apps/accessibility/dspeech-portable

Download Link=>
http://download3.portableapps.com/portableapps/dspeechportable/DSpeechPortable_1.63.3.paf.exe

Enjoy!

webfork on 2021-11-15 00:12

I've got to say that DSpeech has come a long way over the past few years. The last time I tested it the program felt like it was just a simple throwaway text reader with Microsoft voices front-end program. What I tested today had loads of features, usability, and a great interface. This contrasts a lot of other voice-to-text tools that I've been playing with, including LibreOffice and Firefox add-ons, which are fairly basic.

Very nice to see.

GorfianRobot on 2022-11-14 21:54

I'm really impressed with this program. It handles changing voices midstream (so you can create conversations) better than Balabolka (and a lot of programs can't chance voices at all.

I am having one problem: I can't get the special tags to work. The silence tag works fine, but the others appear to have no effect at all.

Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong?

Thank you.

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MKVcleaver v0.8.0.0 Updated

lwc on 12 Apr 2024
  • 98MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Sep 2018
  • Suggested by I am Baas

MKVcleaver extracts various data from MKV video files. It can be used in a batch mode (loading and extracting data from many files) as well as single file mode. It has a simple interface, but a lot of functionality.

The program is an outdated alternate graphical user interface for MKVToolNix (which is newer and has its own GUI including a 64-bit version).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: The portable version of MKVCleaver is now a part of the installer. You must run the installer to get the Portable version. Follow the instruction included in the installation wizard.
Similar/alternative apps: MKVToolnix
What's new? See: https://blogs.sapib.ca/apps/v-0-8-0-0-released/
Latest comments
Ruby on 2011-03-01 04:48

@sHERRY: Links updated to their project at Google Code, Thanks.

juverax on 2024-04-04 09:58

https://blogs.sapib.ca/apps/mkvcleaver/mkvcleaver-downloads/
Latest version (Inno Setup) v.0.8.0.0
Win 32 and Win 64

juverax on 2024-04-04 10:16

V.0.8.0.0 ( https://blogs.sapib.ca/apps/new-inno-installer/ ) :
The portable version of MKVCleaver is now a part of the installer.
You must run the installer to get the Portable version.
Follow the instruction included in the installation wizard."

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PlayTime v1.5.3

billon on 4 Sep 2017
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Sep 2017
  • Suggested by Checker

PlayTime quickly calculates the total play time of a list of most any music or movie file. Features a drag-and-drop interface and can export all/selected rows to a spreadsheet (CSV). Total time is automatically calculated when you add/remove files from the list.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package to a folder of your choice. Launch PlayTime.exe.
What's new?
  • Updated to v0.7.98.0 of MediaInfo.dll.
Latest comments
webfork on 2013-05-05 20:50

Ganamyde: recommend posting that to forums (I just added an official forum thread to the entry). Also, I'd include which version of Windows you're using.

apometron on 2017-01-19 00:45

Folks, I did tried analyze an folder, it did nothing. What I am doing wrong, please? =D

netochavez on 2024-01-15 13:43

Runs like a dream! Thank you. Many years looking for something like this.

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sLyrics v1.0.3

billon on 25 Dec 2018
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 May 2017
  • Suggested by Checker

sLyrics allows the search and download of song lyrics from a broad database of songs. The program also allows search inside lyric text.

The program uses the ChartLyrics API.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch sLyrics.exe.
What's new?
  • Small tweaks now that the API is back online.
Latest comments
zorro on 2018-12-25 17:35

New version 1.0.3 as of 24.05.2017 - and the website link should be updated (actual one doesn't work):
http://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/download/slyrics/

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